During the summer months the Western Cape sees a lot of wild fires as was the case on this day. Smoke have drift across in front of the setting sun giving this red colour to the sky. A Metro train... (more)

A late running Transkaroo from Cape Town to Johannesburg passes here through Tulbaghkloof, to the right just below the track is where the old road was.

E1813 leads the Transkaroo north towards Gouda, about to duck here underneath the road to Soetendal station.

E1592 and E1629 heading into the Karoo with the Transkaroo behind having just gone through Touwsrivier.

Winter have finally arrived in the Cape as is evident by the snow after a serious of cold fronts past the previous weekend. Here 14001 and 14107 lead the Blue Train through the Hex River Valley fr... (more)

E1186 and E1189 run light from the Bellville yard to Cape Town station to pick up the Transkaroo for the trip to Johannesburg.

The 13km Hex River Tunnel was never designed for steam traction, but crews on steam specials had determined it was possible to drift down from Kleinstraat to Salbar without the need for any electr... (more)

Historically, the Blue Train has been South Africa's premier train since its inception in 1938 and is still listed as train No 1 in the current Working Time Book (the first 2 digits show from whi... (more)

Fresh Out the Box (well almost!): A refurbished 10M motor coach set on a run-in turn to Wellington

Limited to 40Km/h for this section, the Blue Train carefully negotiates its way through Tulbagh Kloof

14103 and 14101 lead the Blue Train into Tulbaghkloof just north of Gouda. The second loco have now also been given its stripes, matching those on the coaches.

E1555 leads a Class 36 shunter and 8 Metro coaches through Tulbaghkloof. The train is coming from Touwsriver and heading back to Cape Town. The Metro coaches goes to Touwsriver for maintenance and... (more)

18670 leads this Rovos train through Tulbaghkloof about to cross underneath the R46 with about 2hrs left of the journey to Cape Town.

The Cape Town to Johannesburg Premier Classe is taking the last turn out of Tulbaghkloof and about to pass through Tulbagh station here behind E1474 and E1464.

The first of 2 Premier Classe specials heading back to Johannesburg from Cape Town exiting here the 3rd Hex River Tunnel.